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D M Meyer

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The effect of an educational program on transfusion practices in a regional blood program.

With the increased complexity of blood component therapy, it is important to be able to modify physician behavior with reliable educational programs. A standardized educational program on the use of red blood cells and whole blood was tested in 22 hospitals in a regional blood program using medical audit and computer monitoring to evaluate effectiveness. Most hospitals were eager to take advantage of the education program but were unwilling to use the audit-education cycle. At the same time, computer monitoring of indivisual hospital ordering and transfusion practices demonstrated an increased utilization of red blood cells in 64 per cent of hospitals with an overall improvement of 8 per cent. The improved use of red blood cells was appreciated within the month of the program and then sustained for six to twelve months at the new level.

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Plateletapheresis program. I. Donor recruitment and commitment.

A dedicated cytapheresis donor program was developed to meet the need for granulocytes and single-donor platelets. A study was undertaken to determine the most effective way to recruit a panel of 500 HLA-typed committed volunteer cytapheresis donors. Factors analyzed included ease of donor recruitment, information necessary to assure donor commitment, rate and reasons for donor attrition, and donor reaction to participation in the program. Audiovisual educational materials were tested as a part of the recruitment process in terms of both motivating volunteer donors and guaranteeing their continued participation. Over a 16-month interval, 793 repeat donors of whole blood expressed an interest in joining the program. A simple brochure was enough to stimulate the majority of these donors (661 or 83%) to consider participation. Overall, 481 (61%) joined the program and were HLA typed. Of these, 311 (65%) required no additional information other than a brief phone exchange to answer questions. The remaining 170 (35%), at their request, received further structured education prior to enrollment. Actual participation in cytapheresis procedures was the major factor that maintained donor enthusiasm. Only 66 (16%) of the donors left the program during the first year; the majority were unable to participate because of circumstances beyond their control.

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Recruiting blood donors into a local bone marrow donor registry.

To date, most persons joining bone marrow donor registries have been recruited from platelet-pheresis panels. The potential of recruiting regular blood donors into bone marrow donor registry (BMDR) was explored. It was found that, with minimal effort, 6.2 percent of the age-eligible blood donors were recruited. A distinguishing feature of those who joined the BMDR was a history of frequent blood donations. Although local media attention had a major impact on recruitment, even those joining as a result of the publicity usually were regular blood donors. This program has the potential to recruit nearly 8000 volunteers from 120,000 regular blood donors over an 18-month period.

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